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<p>The Tools for Mobile Web project is a proposed open source project under the <a | |
href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project_summary.php?projectid=dsdp.seqoyah">Sequoyah | |
Container Project</a>.</p> | |
<p>This proposal is in the Project Proposal Phase (as defined in the | |
Eclipse Development Process) and is written to declare its intent and | |
scope. We solicit additional participation and input from the Eclipse | |
community. Please send all feedback to the | |
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=162">Sequoyah</a> Eclipse Forum.</p> | |
<h2>Background</h2> | |
<p>Historically, mobile tools providers have been customizing desktop web tools in a proprietary way | |
to create their tools. | |
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This project aims to seed the Eclipse community with a complete web tools solution, including editing, | |
building, deploying and debugging. It also includes a reference target - | |
<a href="http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Runtime_Widgets_in_a_Nutshell"> | |
Web Runtime</a> - with | |
complete preview and debug capabilities. | |
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<h2>Scope</h2> | |
<p> | |
Tools for Mobile Web (TMW) will be a basis for web development tooling for mobile devices. It | |
will leverage other projects, such as JSDT, for generic development. Since TMW is focusing one | |
of the types of the mobile developer tooling, it will be a sub-project of Sequoyah. For Web | |
applications, TMW will add | |
functionality for mobile specific features like previewing, skinning, configuration, device | |
deployment, and debugging.</p><p> | |
This project will:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>Identify common requirements for Tools for Mobile Web</li> | |
<li> Provide set of extensible frameworks that will enable creation of the IDEs for specific mobile runtimes.</li> | |
<li> Will provide a unified architecture that will improve compatibility between offerings from different vendors.</li> | |
<li>Leverage existing Eclipse project and frameworks.</li> | |
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<h4>Relation to Blinki</h4> | |
Although, Tools for Mobile Web and Blinki have a bit of overlap, they are mostly separate, but complementary projects. | |
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Thinking of the differences between ATF and JSDT provides context. In the case of | |
the two projects, Blinki would be ATF, providing run-time and debugging services while | |
TMW will provide development-time services including (but not limited to): | |
<ul> | |
<li>Web application project creation and initial contents.</li> | |
<li>Mobile runtime-specific extensions for JSDT (our contribution will include support for WRT | |
API and we are investigating adding others like PhoneGap, BONDI, JIL, etc.)</li> | |
<li>Application packaging (TMW initially supports WRT packaging) and deployment (TMW | |
supports deployment using Bluetooth)</li> | |
</ul> | |
TMW's preview and debugging currently relies on external Chrome installation and is based on Chrome Developer Tools. Currently Blinki focuses on better integration of the Chrome/WebKit with Eclipse. From the very start we hoped to replace external Chrome with Blinki's code (atm we really need code on all three major desktop platforms). | |
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Blinki's Chrome/WebKit integration has broader potential than only for mobile tools. Tools for Mobile Web under Sequoyah is focused specifically on mobile device developers' tooling needs. | |
<h4>Why in Sequoyah and not in WTP?</h4> | |
WTP provides general (platform and runtime-agnostic) web application development). Following things are in scope of TMW that do not fit under WTP: | |
<ul> | |
<li>Support for platform-specific APIs (at this moment most mobile platforms have their | |
own API for things like address book access, camera management, etc.)</li> | |
<li>Packaging for mobile devices and deployment to mobile devices.</li> | |
<li> Application preview (simulation)</li> | |
</ul> | |
These things fit better under DSDP umbrella as there is certain overlap with other DSDP projects (i.e. device emulator can be used for both MTJ and TMW development). | |
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TMW builds on top of WTP leveraging and extending its source editing tools and JSDT. | |
<h2>Description</h2> | |
Mobile web runtimes are based around existing and widely adopted standards like HTML, AJAX and JavaScript. | |
Almost every mobile platform has proprietary APIs, packaging requirements and hardware capabilities. The goal of | |
TMW is to enable creation of tools that would leverage individual advantages of mobile platforms and lower | |
learning curve for application developers.<br> | |
<p> | |
TMW provide features to enable the creation, editing, previewing, debugging and testing of TMW | |
applications. The tools leverage edit and build capabilities from JSDT, debugging capabilities from Chromium, and preview capabilities from XULRunner.<br> | |
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More information about the development and structure can be found | |
<a href="http://developer.symbian.org/main/source/packages/package/index.php?pk=263"> | |
here</a></p><p> | |
More information about using the tools can be found | |
<a href="http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Symbian_Web_Development_Tools_(WRT_Tools)"> | |
here</a> | |
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<h2>Initial Contribution</h2> | |
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<li>org.symbian.tools.wrttools contains sources for project builder, project nature, markers, and project wizards</li> | |
<li>org.symbian.tools.wrttools.debug.core contains sources for WRT Debugger component</li> | |
<li>org.symbian.tools.wrttools.doc.WebDeveloper contains Web Developer's Library Documentation</li> | |
<li>org.symbian.tools.wrttools.doc.WRTKit contains WRTKit documentation</li> | |
<li>org.symbian.tools.wrttools.previewer contains sources for the WRT Previewer</li> | |
<li>org.symbian.tools.wrttools.product contains WRT IDE product plug-in</li> | |
<li>org.symbian.tools.wrttools.feature contains feature plug-in</li> | |
<li>org.chromium.debug.core contains sources for Chromium debugger core package</li> | |
<li>org.chromium.debug.ui contains sources for Chromium debugger UI package</li> | |
<li>org.chromium.sdk contains sources for Chromium SDK</li> | |
<li>org.w3c.css contains CSS Validator plug-in</li> | |
</ul> | |
<h2>Legal Issues</h2> | |
Most of the contributed code is licensed with EPL.<br> | |
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There are three components with different licenses:<br> | |
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<font size=3>CSS Validator</font> | |
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<font size=3>W3C Consortium</font> | |
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<font size=3>W3C</font> | |
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Google Chrome Developer Tools | |
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The Chromium Authors<br> | |
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New BSD | |
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XULRunner | |
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Mozilla Foundation | |
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Mozilla tri-license | |
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<h2>Committers</h2> | |
<p>The following individuals are proposed as initial committers to the project:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li><a | |
href="http://eclipseblog.ostroukhovs.com/">Eugene Ostroukhov</a>, <a | |
href="http://developer.symbian.org/">Symbian Foundation</a></li> | |
<li>Paul Beusterien, <a | |
href="http://developer.symbian.org/">Symbian Foundation</a></li> | |
<li>Paddy Byers, Aplix</li> | |
<li>Anselm Garbe, Aplix</li> | |
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<h2>Mentors</h2> | |
<p>The following members will mentor this | |
project:</p><ul> | |
<li><a | |
href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/lists.php?list=projectsforcommitter¶m=ecloninger"> | |
Eric Cloninger</a></li> | |
<li> <a | |
href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/lists.php?list=projectsforcommitter¶m=ndai""> | |
Naci Dai</a> </li> | |
<li> <a | |
href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/lists.php?list=projectsforcommitter¶m=dschaefer""> | |
Doug Schaefer</a> </li> | |
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<h2>Interested Parties</h2> | |
<p>The following individuals, organisations, companies and projects have | |
expressed interest in this project:</p> | |
<ul> | |
<li>Dan Podwall, Nokia</li> | |
<li>Ken Wallis, Research In Motion Limited</li> | |
<li>Jon Dearden, Research In Motion Limited</li> | |
<li>Nitin Dahyabhai, IBM</li> | |
<li>Sachin Anand, Sony Ericsson</li> | |
<li>André Charland, Nitobi</li> | |
<li>Paddy Byers, Aplix</li> | |
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<h2>Project Scheduling</h2> | |
Initial contribution will be made at project approval | |
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<td>02-April-2010</td> | |
<td>Document created</td> | |
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<td>14-April-2010</td> | |
<td>Updated to address Wayne Beaton's feedback</td> | |
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<td>10-May-2010</td> | |
<td>Add Blinki and WTP sections from email threads. Update Interested Parties and Mentors</td> | |
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<td>01-July-2010</td> | |
<td>Add Paddy and Anselm as Initial Committers</td> | |
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